Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 977018 search inquires.

Selected title: Red Book

Explanation: The Handbook of U.S. Coins, a retail price guide for U.S. coins published annually, originally written by R.S. Yeoman. Perhaps the most popular book for listing US coin retail values, grades, and mintages

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54766	13.79%
Silver Clad	31768	8.00%
Coin Silver	23857	6.01%
Slabbed Coins	22750	5.73%
BN	22300	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21436	5.40%
RB	20683	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17865	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17526	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16604	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16550	4.17%
PQ	15399	3.88%
Rarity	15346	3.87%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15251	3.84%
MS (MS60-MS70)	15179	3.82%
Incuse	14421	3.63%
Coin drop	14139	3.56%
High Relief	14079	3.55%
Reverse Cameo	13680	3.45%
Obverse or Face side	13391	3.37%